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Crimean Map Scandals

On Friday, Google went back to using the Soviet version of Crimean place names Google maps
In January, Coca Cola included Crimea as part of Russia in an advertising campaign Coca-Cola
FIFA angered Ukrainians when it showed Crimea as part of Russia in its promotional video of the 2018 Russia World Cup FIFA / YouTube
Google.com shows Crimea as Ukrainian whereas Google.ru shows it as Russian Google.com / Google.ru
Ukrainians using Yandex will see Crimea as part of Ukraine whilst Russians using the search engine will see it as Russian Yandex.ru / Yandex.ua

Research engines, academic textbooks, businesses and other world organizations have come under fire from both the Ukrainian and Russian Foreign Ministries depending on how they print their maps.

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